Improvement in collar and cuff driers



D. W. De FOREST.

Collar and Cuff-Briers.

No.144838. Patented Nqv.25,1873.

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UNITED-STATES PATENT Orrrcn.

DAVID W. DE FOREST, OF PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR OF TWO- THIRDS HISRIGHT TO SIDNEY S. NORTON AND FRANK P. NORTON,

OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT lN COLLAR AND CUFF DRIERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 144,838, dated November 25, 1873 application filed October 4, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID W. DE FoREsT, of Petersburg, in the coinity ofDinwiddie and State of Virginia, have invented a new and Improved Collarand Cuff Drier; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part ofthis specification.

Figure l is a front view of my improved collar and cufi drier. Fig. 2 isan end view of the same.

Like'letters in both figures of the drawings indicate like parts.

The object of this invention is'to provide convenient means for dryingcollars, cuifs, and other similar articles. Hitherto each article hasbeen secured to the line by common pins or clothes-pins. This inventionconsists of a zigzag wire, arranged so that its ends can be sprung inand out of hooks on the ends of a bar, which is suspended by a hook orhooks on a line or other suitable support, and the collars or otherarticles are slipped over the wire through the button-holes, and keptapart at proper' intervals for drying.

A represents a supporting-bar; B, the zigzag wire; O O, the hooksattached to the ends of the bar; and D, a holder, consisting of a wireextending through the center of the bar, and fastened to the center ofwire B and the upper end bent to form a hook to suspend the drier to aline or other support. All of the wires and hooks are made of galvanizedwire to avoid rusting.

To place the articles on the drier, the ends of the wire are sprung backin the hooks to prevent the articles from, blowing 0E, and the drier issuspended from a line.

Instead of the bar A a wire may be used, the ends of which can be bentto form the hooks O G, and the-wire-holder fastened around the centerand around the zigzag wire, thus forming a drier wholly of wire; but Iprefer the bar, because of its weight, which holds the drier moresteadily when suspended in the open air.

WVhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- A collar orcuff drier, consisting of a bar having a zigzag-shaped wire for holdingthe collars or cuffs, in combination with a hook at each end of the bar,and a holder for suspend ing the drier from a line, substantially as andfor the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this16th day of September, 1873.

DAVID WVM. DE FOREST.

IVitnesses EDM. F. BROWN, W. BUR-BIS.

